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Monday, January 25, 2010

A typical day at the Hoffman House...

This is why we're in behavioral therapy...lol

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Kids were up at 7:10 am. I told them when I got them from their rooms that Daddy had to go back into work the night before and that he didn’t get home until really early that morning and that they needed to be quiet so that Daddy could get some rest.

7:20 am Little E gets time out for making loud noises after being told to be quiet as Daddy didn’t get home until 4 am.

8:30 am Josiah gets time out for not listening. He wouldn’t leave the couch pillows alone after given 2 warnings. He wouldn’t sit in time out without kicking the cupboards and throwing a fit and so I sent him to his room to calm down and finish his time out.

8:45 am Baby T gets time out for being too loud.

9 am Josiah gets time out for jumping on the furniture and kicking the back of the chair

9:05 am Little E gets reward strip for playing nicely and quietly

9:20 am Baby T gets time out as she wouldn’t’ leave the tv buttons alone

9:30 am Josiah gets a time out for throwing toys at Baby T. He threw a temper tantrum and so he was sent to his room to calm down and finish his time out.

10:15 am Josiah given a time out for fit at snack time

10:30 am Baby T given a reward strip for eating snack nicely

10:50 am Josiah given a reward strip for taking shower without throwing a fit and for listening well.

11 am Little E gets time out for not staying out of the bathroom and for trying to get the toys wet

11:15 am Josiah gets talking to about safety and that he is not to open the door without a parent present and giving him permission

11:25 am Baby T gets time out for touching Mom’s computer buttons.

11:35 am Baby T gets another time out for touching Mom’s computer buttons.

11:37 am Josiah gets time out for lying. He said that Tracie was touching my computer again even though she was still sitting in time out.

11:50 am Baby T gets time out for not listening and causing distractions at story time despite reminders to be quiet and quit playing with toys. She threw a total fit and was sent to her room.

12 pm Little E and Josiah get reward strip for good listening during story time. They got to watch a half an hour of Batman.

4 pm Grandma comes over, lots of not listening, climbing all over Grandma, crying over books that she brought, me having to keep telling them to use inside voices.

5 pm Little E and Josiah get time out. Grandma had car trouble and was trying to call someone to find out what was going on or to possibly come look at her car and they kept running all over, being loud, ignoring reminders to be quiet as Grandma was on the phone.

6 pm All the kids ate dinner very well. Given cherry crisp for dessert and lots of praise for doing a good job. They got to play with Grandma a bit more and then we got in bath, jammies, and bed.